Learning Braille Later Neva Fairchild, National Independent Living Associate for the American Foundation for the Blind (AFB), documents her journey with braille, which started later…
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To Braille or Not? Didn’t We Cover This Already? Lunch with friends and a discussion about braille in their lives… MS, just on the other…
Leave a CommentLuis Perez on Braille On a recent episode of the AT Banter podcast, Luis Perez, universal design advocate spoke about the value of braille. As…
Leave a CommentTech Increases Braille Availability This article about the recent anniversary of the National Braille Press highlights both the decline in braille literacy and the increasing…
Leave a CommentBraille is for Students With Sight Too It might be easy to assume that a student with low vision, that is, a student who can…
Leave a CommentBraillex: First Refreshable Braille Display In 1975, Papenmeier Reha Technology produced the first commercial refreshable braille display, the Braillex. Research on the Braillex began several…
Leave a CommentElectronic Refreshable Braille Display Bonnie Gouzie, Director of the Access Technology and Employment Services (ATES pronounced At-Ease), at The Iris Network in Portland, Maine demonstrates…
Leave a CommentWhy Read Print? In this digital age, when smart phones, tablets and computers can read text out loud, narrated books can be downloaded and played…
Leave a CommentBraille in the Workplace If you are blind or visually impaired you are probably familiar with the unemployment statistics for individuals with a vision loss–…
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